from Port Denison, Queensland, 85 



19. Myiagra plumbea (Gould, ii. pi. 89). 



30. MONARCHA TRIVIRGATA (Gould, ii. pi. 96). 



Mr. Eainbird procured several specimens of this beautiful 

 Flycatclier : during Noveraber and December he found them 

 in pairs. 



21. Petrceca superciliosa (Gould, iii. pi. 9). 



Several of the specimens from Port Denison are inuch smaller 

 than those figured in the ' Birds of Australia/ but are similar 

 to them in markings. 



23. Malurus melanocephalus (Gould, iii. pi. 36). 



Some of the examples are larger than those I have procured 

 from the Clarence and Richmond Rivers (New South Wales), 

 and several are very bright in colour. 



33. Estrelda annulosa (Gould, iii. pi. 81). 



34. Estrelda phaeton (Gould, iii. pi. 83). 



35. DoNACOLA castaneothorax (Gould, iii. pi. 94) ? 



36. Chlamydera nuchalis (Gould, iv. pi. 9). 

 Several specimens obtained. 



37. Glycyphila fasciata (Gould, iv. pi. 30). 

 Not rare. 



38. Glycyphila ocularis (Gould, iv. pi. 31). 

 Common. 



39. Ptilotis flava (Gould, iv. pi. 42). 

 Not rare ; six specimens obtained. 



30. Trofidorhynchus corniculatus (Gould, iv. pi. 58). 



31. Myzomela obscura (Gould, iv. pi. 67). 

 Plentiful. 



33. Nectarinia australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 301. 



According to Mr. Rainbird, numbers of this beautiful little 

 Sun-bird may be seen, on bright mornings, among the leafy tops 

 of the mangrove-belts near Port Denison, which I have already 

 mentioned. They are there ever darting out to capture some 

 insect on the wing, returning and disappearing again in the 



